Advocates worry that cuts in his spending plan would hurt benefits for children, low-income seniors, the disabled, the poor and more.
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World of difference in Trump’s, Obama’s guest entries at Israel’s Holocaust memorial
While their guest book styles certainly differed, both presidents’ speeches echoed the credo: ‘never forget.’
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Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget criticized for proposed cuts to safety net
The president’s first budget calls for cuts to domestic agencies, food stamps and Medicaid, and even a top Republican senator calls it ‘basically dead on arrival.’
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Former CIA director says he warned Russia against meddling in 2016 election
John Brennan says he told Russia’s domestic spy chief that such meddling ‘would destroy any near-term prospect of improvement’ in U.S.-Russian relations.
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Trump condemns ‘evil losers’ who carried out concert attack
‘This wicked ideology must be obliterated,’ he says.
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Flynn to invoke Fifth, won’t hand over documents, source says
His decision comes less than two weeks after the committee issued a subpoena for personal documents.
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Trump chastises media, says he didn’t mention Israel in meeting with Russians
But news accounts haven’t accused the president of naming Israel as a source of classified information he allegedly shared with Russian diplomats.
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Trump to propose more than $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid
About 10 million people would lose benefits over a decade in his budget to be unveiled Tuesday, and it also would allow stiffer work requirements.
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Trump gets elaborate welcome in Saudi Arabia
President Trump arrived in Riyadh for his debut on the world stage, hoping to turn a page on the scandal encircling his presidency back home as he embarks upon an ambitious, high-stakes journey through the Middle East and Europe.
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Trump’s remarks to Russian envoys called ‘reckless’
He reportedly called the ousted FBI director ‘crazy, a real nut job’ and said pressure over the Russia investigation was ‘taken off.’